Buyer shall make all payments hereunder in cash, cash equivalent at the same value in the funds, or via bank wire 6.

We sell our solutions to Brand Owners/OEMs, processors and assemblers to enable their sustainability goals in applications like automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, electronic and electrical, healthcare, packaging, textiles, transportation, and wire and cable. We offer a full range of material solutions for photovoltaic wire and cable that enable renewable energy infrastructure, including Syncure™ Crosslinked Polyethylene Formulations, which provide high- performance, UL 4703 and VW 1-compliance and eliminate the need to use two separate insulation and jacketing formulations.

We sell our solutions to Brand Owners/OEMs, processors and assemblers to enable their sustainability goals in applications like automotive, building and construction, consumer goods, electronic and electrical, healthcare, packaging, textiles, transportation, and wire and cable.

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: • Preserving key natural resources • Increasing healthcare regulations • Enabling connectivity & alternative energy • Increasing regulatory compliance • Specialty formulations, colorants and additives to meet medical device regulations • Specialty optical fibers for telecommunications • Advanced composite and fiber solutions for alternative energy infrastructure • Regulatory compliance expertise PRESERVE SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure Retrofit for Hydrogen Power Fiber-Line™ Engineered Fibers Healthcare Energy Consumer NON-PTFE FORMULATIONS Non-Fluorinated Polymers LubriOne™ Internally Lubricated Formulations UP TO BIO-BASED CARRIER Medical Devices Mevopur™ Bio-Based Polymer 75% Spin Dyed Textile Yarn Renol™ Spin Dying Colorants LESS WATER UP TO 40% BIO-DERIVED Pharmaceutical Tubing Versaflex™ HC BIO BT218 TPE ENABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Photovoltaic Wire & Cable ECCOH™ XL 8148 Cross-Linkable Solutions HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 44Sustainability Report | 2023 44 https://www.avient.com/news/avient-showcase-world-s-strongest-fiber-and-high-performance-engineered-fibers-techtextil-2024 https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/LubriOne%20Internally%20Lubricated%20Formulations%20PTFE%20Free%20Series%20Product%20Bulletin.pdf https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/healthcare-colorants/mevopur-healthcare-bio-based-polymer-solutions https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/fiber-colorants/renol-fiber-colorants https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/Versaflex%20HC%20_%20Versaflex%20HC%20BIO%20-%20BT%20Series%20Product%20Overview.pdf https://www.avient.com/idea/understanding-needs-and-challenges-photovoltaic-cable Product Stewardship Protecting associates, customers and the environment by providing safe products is a priority for Avient.

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: • Preserving key natural resources • Increasing healthcare regulations • Enabling connectivity & alternative energy • Increasing regulatory compliance • Specialty formulations, colorants and additives to meet medical device regulations • Specialty optical fibers for telecommunications • Advanced composite and fiber solutions for alternative energy infrastructure • Regulatory compliance expertise PRESERVE SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure Retrofit for Hydrogen Power Fiber-Line™ Engineered Fibers Healthcare Energy Consumer NON-PTFE FORMULATIONS Non-Fluorinated Polymers LubriOne™ Internally Lubricated Formulations UP TO BIO-BASED CARRIER Medical Devices Mevopur™ Bio-Based Polymer 75% Spin Dyed Textile Yarn Renol™ Spin Dying Colorants LESS WATER UP TO 40% BIO-DERIVED Pharmaceutical Tubing Versaflex™ HC BIO BT218 TPE ENABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Photovoltaic Wire & Cable ECCOH™ XL 8148 Cross-Linkable Solutions HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 44Sustainability Report | 2023 44 https://www.avient.com/news/avient-showcase-world-s-strongest-fiber-and-high-performance-engineered-fibers-techtextil-2024 https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/LubriOne%20Internally%20Lubricated%20Formulations%20PTFE%20Free%20Series%20Product%20Bulletin.pdf https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/healthcare-colorants/mevopur-healthcare-bio-based-polymer-solutions https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/fiber-colorants/renol-fiber-colorants https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/Versaflex%20HC%20_%20Versaflex%20HC%20BIO%20-%20BT%20Series%20Product%20Overview.pdf https://www.avient.com/idea/understanding-needs-and-challenges-photovoltaic-cable Product Stewardship Protecting associates, customers and the environment by providing safe products is a priority for Avient.

Each grant will specify whether the consideration to be paid in satisfaction of the exercise price will be payable (1) in cash, by check acceptable to the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately available funff ds; (2) by 20 the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of Common Shares owned by the participant (or certain other consideration authorized under the 2017 Plan) with a value at the time of exercise that is equal to the total exercise price; (3) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Committee, by a net exercise arrangement pursuant to which the Company will withhold Common Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of a stock option; (4) by a combination of the forff egoing methods; or (5) by such other methods as may be approved by the Committee. c) Each grant will specify whether the Option Price will be payable (i) in cash or by check acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) by the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of Common Shares owned by the Optionee (or other consideration authorized pursuant to Section 4(d)) having a value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price, (iii) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Compensation Committee, by the Company’s withholding of Common Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of an Option Right pursuant to a “net exercise” arrangement (it being understood that, solely for purposes of determining the number of treasury shares held by the Company, the Common Shares so withheld will not be treated as issued and acquired by the Company upon such exercise), (iv) by a combination of such methods of payment, or (v) by such other methods as may be approved by the Compensation Committee.

Each grant will specify whether the consideration to be paid in satisfaction of the exercise price will be payable: (1) in cash, by check acceptable to the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds; (2) by the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of Common Shares owned by the 32 PROXY STATEMENT 2023 | Annual Meeting of Shareholders participant (or certain other consideration authorized under the Amended 2020 Plan) with a value at the time of exercise that is equal to the total exercise price; (3) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Committee, by a net exercise arrangement pursuant to which the Company will withhold Common Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of a stock option; (4) by a combination of the foregoing methods; or (5) by such other methods as may be approved by the Committee. c) Each grant will specify whether the Option Price will be payable (i) in cash or by check acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) by the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of Common Shares owned by the Optionee having a value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price, (iii) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Compensation Committee, by the Company’s withholding of Common Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of an Option Right pursuant to a “net exercise” arrangement (it being understood that, solely for purposes of determining the number of treasury shares held by the Company, the Common Shares so withheld will not be treated as issued and acquired by the Company upon such exercise), (iv) by a combination of such methods of payment, or (v) by such other methods as may be approved by the Compensation Committee.

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: • Preserving key natural resources • Increasing healthcare regulations • Enabling connectivity & alternative energy • Increasing regulatory compliance • Specialty formulations, colorants and additives to meet medical device regulations • Specialty optical fibers for telecommunications • Advanced composite and fiber solutions for alternative energy infrastructure • Regulatory compliance expertise PRESERVE SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure Retrofit for Hydrogen Power Fiber-Line™ Engineered Fibers Healthcare Energy Consumer NON-PTFE FORMULATIONS Non-Fluorinated Polymers LubriOne™ Internally Lubricated Formulations UP TO BIO-BASED CARRIER Medical Devices Mevopur™ Bio-Based Polymer 75% Spin Dyed Textile Yarn Renol™ Spin Dying Colorants LESS WATER UP TO 40% BIO-DERIVED Pharmaceutical Tubing Versaflex™ HC BIO BT218 TPE ENABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Photovoltaic Wire & Cable ECCOH™ XL 8148 Cross-Linkable Solutions HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 44Sustainability Report | 2023 44 https://www.avient.com/news/avient-showcase-world-s-strongest-fiber-and-high-performance-engineered-fibers-techtextil-2024 https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-04/LubriOne%20Internally%20Lubricated%20Formulations%20PTFE%20Free%20Series%20Product%20Bulletin.pdf https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/healthcare-colorants/mevopur-healthcare-bio-based-polymer-solutions https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/fiber-colorants/renol-fiber-colorants https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/Versaflex%20HC%20_%20Versaflex%20HC%20BIO%20-%20BT%20Series%20Product%20Overview.pdf https://www.avient.com/idea/understanding-needs-and-challenges-photovoltaic-cable Product Stewardship Protecting associates, customers and the environment by providing safe products is a priority for Avient.